2:47PM
GMT 21 Nov 2011By Monday afternoon, 70 people
had posted nude photos of themselves on a website called "Ai Wei Fans'
Nudity – Listen, Chinese Government: Nudity is not Pornography" – a rare
form of protest in a country where public nudity is still taboo.

Supporters of Ai, whose 81-day
secret detention earlier this year sparked an international outcry, say that
the questioning over the nude photographs is China's latest effort to intimidate its most
famous social critic.The videographer, Zhao Zhao, said
Beijing police interrogated him for about four
hours on the motives behind the photographs.

"They said: 'Don't you know
that the photos that you've taken are obscene photos?'" Zhao told Reuters
by telephone. "I said: 'I didn't know that' and said 'how can they be
considered obscene?' They said they've characterised them as such."

Ai paid a bond of 8.45 million
yuan ($1.3 million) last Tuesday, paving the way to file what he fears may be
an ultimately futile appeal on a tax evasion charge that his supporters have
said is a political vendetta. The money was raised from contributions from his
supporters.

Wen Yunchao, who posted two nude
photographs of himself on the website, said he believed the investigation
against Ai's assistant was the latest form of "persecution" against
Ai.

"This is a matter that has
made many people very indignant," Hong Kong-based Wen said. "Because
the interpretation of people's naked bodies in itself is an individual freedom
and a form of creative freedom. Also, we don't see any pornographic elements in
(Ai's) photographs. So we are using this extreme method to express our
protest."

Many of the photos posted on the
website were accompanied with politically tinged commentaries.

"Grandpa, is this
pornography?" wrote a user, who was photographed bare-bottomed and writing
on a wall with the words "'89 political turmoil," referring to the June
4, 1989, armed
crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.During Ai's confinement, police
had also questioned him about the nude photographs that were taken in August
last year, Ai told Reuters.

Ai said the nude photographs had no
deeper political meaning and were not meant to criticise the government, but he
added that the government could perceive the photos as a "rebellious
act".

"We did it because it was a
way to remove fear and the feeling of isolation," Ai told Reuters. "Because
fear and the feeling of isolation are defining characteristics in certain
societies.

"Today, in reality, these
(actions) are inappropriate for the time being. So when I see everyone like
this, I feel young people still have some conscience."

On
3.4.2011, the
Artist was
detained by
Chinese
officials at
Beijing
airport for
"economic
crimes
Recently, a
studio he was
building in
Shanghai was
completely
demolished
without any
warning or
reason. He is
a man that is
under constant
surveillance
by the Chinese
Government.Ai
Weiwei has
contributed to
the Chinese
contemporary
art scene
since moving
back to China
after his
education in
The States in
the 1980's. He
has created an
artist
community in
Beijing where
galleries and
studios are
occupied by
Chinese and
international
artists. Ai
Weiwei's
situation has
been summed
up; "...for anyone who believes in the power of ideas,
of human
imagination,
it is
heartbreaking
to see one of
the world's
great artists
shackled in
this way."He
continues to
taunt the
Chinese
government
even as they
try to keep
him quiet.

photo
apparently
broke the
government
into action.

It
shows the
artist naked
except for a
toy horse
concealing his
genitals. The
caption has a
double meaning
in Chinese, so
millions of
internet users
have seen the
six characters
interpreted
as: "Fuck your
mother, the
party central
committee."

When
he disappeared
in April,
supporters
made online
appeals for
his return.
When
authorities
handed him a
£1.5m tax bill
recently, they
sent money to
help pay the
fine. And now
that he faces
an
investigation
for spreading
pornography –
his admirers
have stripped
off.

Internet
users began
tweeting their
nude
photographs
after Ai
Weiwei
announced that
authorities
had questioned
his cameraman
over pictures
which showed
the artist and
four naked
women."We
are simply
using an
eye-catching
way to attract
people's
attention.
There are so
many
pornography
websites in
China, they
don't regulate
them, yet say
that this is
spreading
pornography." Wen
Yunchao, a
blogger in
Hong Kong who
posted two
nude
photographs of
himself, told
Reuters: "This is a matter that has made
many people
very
indignant. The
interpretation
of people's
naked bodies
in itself is
an individual
freedom and a
form of
creative
freedom. Also,
we don't see
any
pornographic
elements in
[Ai's]
photographs.
So we are
using this
extreme method
to express our
protest."

By
Monday
afternoon 21
Nov 2011,70
people had
posted nude
photos of
themselves on
a website called "Ai Wei Fans' Nudity – Listen,
Chinese
Government:
Nudity is not
Pornography" – a
rare form of
protest in a
country where
public nudity
is still
taboo.

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